Sec. 12.5. (a) Not less than thirty (30) days after a member retires from a police department covered by this chapter, the member may:

(1) be rehired by the same consolidated city that employed the member as a police officer for a position other than that of a full-time, fully paid police officer; and

(2) continue to receive the member’s pension benefit under this chapter.

     (b) This section may be implemented unless the local board receives from the Internal Revenue Service a determination that prohibits the implementation.

As added by P.L.130-2008, SEC.6.